Job prospects Medical Laboratory Technologist in Nova Scotia

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Job opportunities in Nova Scotia

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be good for Medical laboratory technologists (NOC 3211) in Nova Scotia for the 2022-2024 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a moderate number of new positions.
• A moderate number of positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

There has been a shortage of lab technologists across the country for a few years. Candidates, even including recent graduates with relatively little experience, are not expected to encounter much difficulty finding a job.

Here are some key facts about Medical laboratory technologists in Nova Scotia:

• Approximately 600 people worked in this occupation in May 2016.
• Medical laboratory technologists mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Hospitals (NAICS 622): 63%
  • Ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621): 30%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 85% compared to 80% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 15% compared to 20% for all occupations
• 82% of medical laboratory technologists work all year, while 18% work only part of the year, compared to 62% and 38% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 28 weeks compared to 30 weeks for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 14% compared to 51% for all occupations
  • Women: 86% compared to 49% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: n/a
  • high school diploma or equivalent: n/a
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: less than 5% compared to 10% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 62% compared to 27% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 33% compared to 17% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 8% for all occupations

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Labour market conditions over the next 10 years

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